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This book introduces non-specialist readers to the history of how human societies have sought to control, use and exploit our oceans, seas and shorelines over time in different geographical and cultural contexts.
List of contents
Introduction
PART I - THE OCEAN AS TERRITORY1. Undercurrents: Legal approaches and maritime concepts
2. Fluid boundaries: Shoreline borders and maritime zones
3. Disorder at sea: Piracy, war and illegality
PART II - THE OCEAN AS RESOURCE4. An 'inexhaustible' bounty: Fishing and farming of marine life
5. Seafaring: Ships and shipping law
6. Disrupting the flow: Construction and extraction in the deep ocean
PART III - THE OCEAN AS ECOSYSTEM7. The fragile ocean: Protecting species and ecosystems
8. Ocean space: protecting marine areas and regions
PART IV - THE OCEAN AS REPOSITORY9. Overboard: Discharge, dumping and debris at sea
10. Shipwrecks to sea shanties: Safeguarding maritime cultural heritage
11. Ways of knowing: Ocean knowledge, research and data
PART V - THE OCEAN AS FUTURE12. Anthropocene ocean: turning the tide of oceans governance
About the author
Dr Erika Techera is Professor of Law at The University of Western Australia. She researches on international and comparative environmental law, particularly oceans. She is a co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law, 2021, and co-author of International Law of Sharks, 2017.
Dr Joy McCann is an environmental historian affiliated with the University of Tasmania. Her research focuses on oceans, ice, islands and coastlines of the southern hemisphere, and her publications include Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean, 2019.
Summary
This book introduces non-specialist readers to the history of how human societies have sought to control, use and exploit our oceans, seas and shorelines over time in different geographical and cultural contexts.
